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A18712	A brefe treatyse declaryng what and where the churche is, that it is knowen, and whereby it is tryed and knowen. Made by Iohn Churchson	Churchson, John.	1556 (1556)	STC 5219; ESTC S109858	36,742	164

omnes sub uno sunt nomine Ambrosi 2. timo 2 uno enim domini sui nomine censent ur omnes In one house sayeth S. Ambrose all be vnder one name for all are called by theyr Lordes name Which is not dissonant from the principle Euerithynge is to be named by the best and worthyest parte But our Lorde holynes it selfe is the best parte and worthyeste membre of the churche beyng heade thereof Therefore the churche ryghtly is called holy of holy Christ oure Lorde and heade yea and of the holy gost resydent therein Nowe that I haue briefly opened by the waye the cause why the catholyke churche is called holy ye must vnderstād the sayde article to teache vs the holye churche to be a communion of saynctes Vincent Airen that is to saye of Catholykes whereby we are taughte the catholyke churche to be a communitie societie or felowshyppe of catholykes because they persyste in the communion of the catholyke and vniuersall holy fayth that was and is obserued in the catholyke and vnyuersall churche and in the communiō also of the holye sacramentes whereby it is incorporate to oure holy heade Iesus Christ and clensed in his holy bloude Ephes 5. hallowed with his holy spyrit hath and doth holy thynges teacheth holye and holesome doctryne Of this conuocatiō communion and feloweshyp speakethe the electe vessell of Chryst Saynt Paule Multi unū corpus sumus in Christo Rom. 12. We beynge manye are one body in Christ So that the whole many and vniuersall multitude professīg one holye fayth and doctryne and being partakers of the same holye Sacramentes are the mystycall body of Chryst whiche is the Catholyke churche Therfore S. Ambrose sayeth Corpus Christi non unus aut duo christiani sed omnes Ambros in 1. cor 6 The bodye of Chryste is not one or two Christians but all Chrystians As in a natural bodye one two or three members make not the whole naturall bodye but all the mēbers ioyntlye in theyr places so the mystical bodye of Christ whiche is the Churche is not constituted by one or two christians but by all the Christiās in theyr vocatiō wheresoeuer they be ioyned and lynked together by the communion and participation of the same Sacramentes The lyke doctrine also S. Paule taught the Ephesians Vnum Corpus Ephes 4. You are one bodye Wherevpon Erasmus dyd wryte as foloweth Vnum corpus estis omn●s ab uno pendetis capite You are all one bodye and do depende of one heade Thus it is manyfeste all Christians to be the bodye of Christe that the integritie of Christ his misticall bodye consystethe by no lesse then all Christians and that therof is one head Christ hymselfe of whome the sayde bodye the Catholyke churche dependeth Albeit that in namynge the churche to be Christes body Christ is named the heade thereof for elles it could not be his bodye yet you may reade many Scryptures that he is by expresse words named the heade thereof whereof I wil reherse this one folowing Et ipsum dedit caput supra omnem ecclesiam Ephe. 1. que est corpus ipsius And GOD the fathermade him meaning Christ heade ouer all the vnyuersall churche whiche is his bodye Hereby you maye euydentlye se Christ to be head to all the churche all the church to be his bodye and by that worde all Paule teacheth the churche to be a vniuersall congregation Lykewyse to the Corynthians and to al christians professynge Christ as the Corynthes dyd Paule dydde wryte 1. Cor 12 Vos autem estis corpus Christi You be the bodye of Chryste Wherevpon Primasius saieth Omnes corpus al be the body of christ for the vniuersall and the whole body of Chryste was and is of all faythfulles Prima●●us and not of Corinthe onely Chris h● 23. in 1. Cor. 12. Therefore Chrysostome sayth Vniuersum corpus non illa Corrinthiorum est solum sed que vbilibet toto exta● terrarum orbe The vnyuersall body of chryst is not the Corinthian churche onelye but the churche that is euery wher through the whole worlde for the churche of Corinthe was but a particuler churche parte or member of that vniuersall church To be short Paule proueth the same by the symylytude of a naturall body 1. C● 1● saying Sicut enim cor●us unum est et membrahabet multa omnia autem membra corporis cum sint multa vnum tamen corpus sunt ita et christus For as a a naturall body is one hathe many members but thoughe all the members of that one body be many yet they are but on body euen so is chryste that is to say euen so is christ his churche as Chrisostome Iherome Primasius Theophilact with other olde aunciente wryters do expounde it as the bodye hed in man maketh one mā in lykewise the whole congregation and flocke of faythfulles and chryste the heade of them make on churche Chrisos ibidem And for that cause Chrysostome affyrmeth chryst in the sayd scrypture to be put for the churche naming the churche by the worthyeste and best part thereof And S. Austen sayeth Aug. to 9. ho. 17. trac 108 Vnus est christus caputet corpus The hed and the body is one chryst Wherefore the bodye whyche is the churche maye well be named by christ As breade also is made of innumerable graynes so the misticall body of Chryst the churche consysteth of innumerable faythfull members howe soeuer they be locally distant for Vnus panis et unum corpus multisumus 1. Cor. 10 We beynge manye sayeth the Apostle Paule are one breade and one bodye that is to saye we beyng manye lyke as manye graynes make one breade do make one body by on baptime and one faith incorporate to one heade our Lorde Iesus Chryst By a folde also of shepe is sygnified the catholyke churche as is wrytten in the tenth of Iohn Io. 10. and by Ciryll vpon the same so that the catholike churche is called also by scrypture the foelde or flocke pasturynge feadynge through the whole greate felde the worlde Mat. 13. wherin is the catholyke churche of the which Iesus Christ is the hed sheperd Nowe that I haue cōpetently declared what the catholyke churche is my promise byndethe me to enterpryse the declaration wher the same is Where the church is By thys worde catholyke whych is to say vniuersall added vnto the whole Churche most manyfestly we be taught where Chryste his Churche is for it declareth the sayde churche to strecth out her braūches and members in to all and euery part of the vniuersal world as well affyrmethe famouse Austen Aug. to 7. cō epi. pet de unitate ecclesie c. 2 Questio certe inter nos versatur ubi sit ecclesia utrum apud nos an apud illos quae utique una est quam maiores nostri catholicā nominarunt ut ex

A brefe treatyse declaryng what and where the churche is that it is knowen and whereby it is tryed and knowen Made by Iohn Churchson Beati qui habitant in domo tua domine Psal lxxxiii Blessed be they O Lorde that dwell in thy house Anno Dom. 1556. ¶ To the reader MAruayle not gentle reader that I haue attempted to penne this briefe treatyse of the churche a matter of suche importaunce as requyreth a man of muche more readynge knowledge and iudgemente For I haue not made this enterprice of any presumptiō but of good zeale good mynde and intent trustynge that my well meaned attempt shall ministre occasion to some synguler clerke of notable name calling to his pitiful remembraunce the pitilesse slaughter of no small number of soules thoroughe contagious factions and sectes in this realme to bear vp like as Atlas heauen in the steade of Me a pigmey this weighty cause to perfourme and perfyt the imperfectiō of this my enterpryce and that this my offred farthynge shal moue some notable man Mat. 12. bountifullye enriched with Goddes treasure to bryng out thereof both new and olde to the aduauncemēt of this matter Mat. 13. so necessarye to the restitution reparatiō and mayntenaunce of euangelicall concorde in Christen religion as the sonne fire and water in earth is not the lyke not doutyng but that the trauayle wil be most thankfully taken For no person except a reprobate is so affectionate to vntrueth but that he wylbe at the least indifferent betwene truth and vntruth his owne saluation and dampnation especially yf it be remembred that humayn prayse and paynted flatterye mouynge to the defence of vntrueth be but vanities shall not auayle before oure iuste iudge who wyll iudge not after the face nor accordynge to the fleshe but as is the trueth Iohn 8. For as he deceyueth not so is not he deceiued by any colour countenaunce hypocrysye or faced allegations of scriptures agaynst scripture Ieroni to 4. pagin 374. which consisteth not in the vocables but in the sence vnderstandynge spirituall marowe pyth and kernyll conteined within thē If we would remember that the seruauntes of God shoulde not be contentious but meke tractable mylde to al persons readye to be taught the truth which is in the catholike church onlye we woulde not seake in the worde of peace concorde and vnitye for scisme diuision and discorde agaynst vnytye but euery of vs woulde make the petition that the manne of God kynge Dauyd ●sal 26. desyrous to lyue in vnitye made saying One thinge I haue desyred of our Lorde and that also I wil requyre which is that I may dwell in the house of our lord all the dayes of my lyfe This house of oure Lorde the house of vnytye is the mylytaunte churche of Christe agaynste whome the lighte harneysed souldiers and foreprickers of Antechryst hath often skirmished to spoyle it yf it myghte be of gods precious verities that Antechryst their generall at his owne personall comming with his hugle army maye haue the lesse to doo the more open way and the frankar en tree to inuade our true messias hym selfe who is the onely marke that his fore renners prickethe at and he hym selfe woll shoate at Wherefore god graunt to euerye factious person repentaunce and turnyng of mynde to truth and to retyre to the vnitie of Chryste his catholyke churche that he maye be in the safe protection of the inuincible hede capytayne thereof Chryste Iesus Wherevnto Godes owne seruaunt our vertuous and gratious Soueraygne Lady the Queene castynge her highnes pitefull eyes vpō our late most miserable state hath by the godly assystence of our godlye and Prudente Soueraygne Lorde the kyng restored this her Maiesties Realme consyderyng ryght well suche to be no lesse then infidelles Mat. 10. and publicans by chrystes doctryne whyche doo not humble them selfes to the same for that sayeth Austen that the soule is in the naturall body of man Aug. to 10 serm 186 that is the holy Ghost in the mistycal body of Chryst and that doth the holye Ghoste in the whole Church that the Church doth in al her members of one body and as yf a corporall membre fortune to be cut of from mans Body the soule and lyfe foloweth it not but whereas the member lyued beynge in the body and deuyded losethe lyfe semblablye a chrystyan man is catholyke whyles he lyueth in the bodye of Chryst the catholyke churche but beyng cutte of he is become an heretyke for the spyryte of GOD folowethe not a deuyded member If therefore you wyll lyue of the Holy Ghost kepe charytie loue truth desyre vnytye that you may atteyne to eternytye Thus thys fynyshynge wyth Saynte Austens wordes I commende you to the handes of oure GOD of peace entyerly euen from the pryuye chāber of my harte desyryng you to reade thys lyttle boke with indifferent eyes and desyre of christian concord so I wyshe you dayly encrease of godlye vertue and knowledg with most harty farewel in our sauiour Iesus Chryst the Churche FOr asmuche as of late tyme manye dyuerse scismes sectes and heresies haue sprong vp in the churche of our sauiour Iesus Chryst where with the same onely churche hath bene most contentiously disquieted most cruelly inuaded and as it wer most piteously rented and defaced to the extreame perdition and distruction of innumerable soules boughte not with corruptible gold and syluer but with the mooste precious bloud of the immaculate lambe our sauiour christ especiallye in this realme of England I thought it ryght necessarye to declare vnto you with no lesse breuitie than the matter wyl suffer wherevnto you maye and shoulde constantly cleaue for the sure vpholdyng and continuall maintenaunce of your true fayth agaynst the fradulent thrustyng fourthe of scismaticall and erronious opinions That ye shal vnderstād to be the parmanēt word of god the catholike churche 1. Tim 3 which is the house of god the piller fyrme foundation of truethe as writeth the apostle Paule The churche I adde vnto the wrytten worde of GOD because the sayde worde for hys profundite bountifull sence is not to be expounded by the priuate interpretation of thys or that priuate brayne 1. Pet 1. but by the vniuersall interpretation of the vniuersall churche inspired with the holy gost bicause it is most playne the churche to be the faythfull keper of the scryptures 1. Tim ● Rom. 3. concredited and cōmitted vnto her custodye bycause also that Chryst Mat. 29 Ioh. 14.16 who is trueth promised him selfe and his spirite of trueth to be resyaunt and resident in the catholyke churche to teach it all the trueth not for a day a moneth a yeare or two but perpetually and continually euen to the worldes ende and therefore onelye mete to whome the interpretation of goddes worde shoulde be committed and to whose onely iudgements and determinations in all controuersyes of religion we shoulde fastly stand